Re: East Midlands Airport

On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:38:51 -0000, "John Smith" <jbloggs@nospam.net>
wrote:

>"Omega" <crazy@last.com> wrote in message
>news:9P1Jm.2515$W77.2174@newsfe11.iad...
>> dropped some people off at east midlands airport early evening today
>> ... the parking sign said 10 minutes free parking and picked up an entry
>> ticket on entering the car park via a swinging arm gate    ...    exited
>> the gate within the time period so was able to drop off my people without
>> invoking a parking charge but on examining the ticket later was astonished
>> to discover my registration number on the ticket    ...   presumably there
>> is some kind of plate reading apparatus in the vicinity as I was not
>> required to give any details into the entry the machine
>>
>> what happens to this data regarding my registration number?    ...
>
>It is to prevent people getting a ticket, driving the car into the car park,
>leaving the car there all week, then on returning, going back to the entry
>barriers, pressing the button to obtain another ticket, and then leaving the
>car park with your car on the second ticket which will show you have only
>been in the car park for a few minutes instead of a whole week.

If someone is *really* determined to do that they probably carry a set of spare
plates to slap on until they're clear of the car park...

Mike
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